Celebrated annually on October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., Mole Day commemorates "Avogadro's Number": 6.02 x 1023. This number--called a mole--is a basic measuring unit in chemistry. Mole Day typically falls during National Chemistry Week.
Activities
- from AACT
Students develop a new method of counting objects, called the PCU, and compare this method to the concept of the mole. - from AACT
Students determine how many moles of paraffin are used when they color a piece of paper and determine how many molecules and moles of wax are in one crayon. - from Word Search Labs
Have your students find 20 mole related words with this fun word search!
Demos
- from Pasco Scientific
What is a mole? Celebrate Mole Day with the PASCO team as they perform demonstrations and an exciting experiment that can be used to answer every chemistry student's classic question, "What is a mole?"
Labs
- from AACT
In this inquiry-based lab, students will design a method to solve three chemistry problems involving moles, molecules, and density. - from AACT
Determine the number of moles of chalk used to write their name, moles of sugar consumed when chewing gum, and moles evaporated from using hand sanitizer. - from AACT
Analyze the nutrition labels of various foods to see the connection between everyday food items and chemistry.
Articles
- from Compound Interest
A picture is worth a thousand words, right? Great visual explanations here, maybe even 6.02 x 1023 words worth? - from ThoughtCo.
What did Avogadro teach his students in math class? What鈥檚 his favorite kind of music? Share these mole jokes! - from Carolina
Scratching your head trying to come up with ideas on how to celebrate Mole Day? Look no further!
Science goes sporty as students become champions of Mole Day learning and collaborate with students across the U.S.
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